The irrelevance of the MM dividend irrelevance theorem

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-315

  DeAngelo, Harry ^a   DeAngelo, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividend puzzle; Dividends; Payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744448445     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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